In this rare historic footage from the 3rd of November, 1952, we see rare insight into early children's television, in this case NBC's "Howdy Doody". Highlights include: Clarabell the Clown causing mischief; Several male and female children being asked what they'd do if they were elected President of the USA; Two commercials for 5th Avenue candy bars; and the ever-popular NBC-TV ID.


This movie is part of the collection: Classic TV

Production Company: National Broadcasting Company
Audio/Visual: Sound, Black and White
Keywords: Classic TV; Television; Kinescope; Kinescopes; Election; Politics; United States; Presidential Campaign; Early TV; Early Television; 1952; 50s; 50's; 1950s; 1950's; Fifties; NBC; National Broadcasting Company; Masterpiece; Masterpoxen; Quality TV; Brilliant; Genius; Intelligent; NBC Television Network; National Broadcasting Company; Retro; Old Time Television; Clown;

Creative Commons license: Public Domain

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Reviewer: Earlon - - February 21, 2010
Subject: A catalog site for Classic TV shows
If you like Classic TV from of the 50's, I found a catalog site that makes it easy to find and watch episodes streaming from Archive.org at:

The Classic TV Channel

There are currently over 400 individual episodes of about 30 different programs, and the site is growing day by day. Check it out!

Reviewer: Seto-Kaiba_Is_Stupid - - May 26, 2009
Subject: Why
I give these uploads such titles because otherwise nobody would download them. Look at the "Life with Elizabeth" episodes I uploaded, nobody downloaded them because I gave them such bland descriptions.

Reviewer: torgman - - May 26, 2009
Subject: Thanks, but...
While I appreciate the Howdy Doody uploads, is it really necessary to emphasize titles with "Rare Historic Footage", "Better than HBO" and "Artistic Masterpiece"? I appreciate the poster's enthusiasm, but I think the title and date is sufficient detail. BTW, what does "Masterpoxen." mean?